Monday, July 14, 2014

US Military Developing Brain Implants to Restore Memory

The U.S. military has chosen two universities to lead a program to
develop brain implants to restore memory to veterans who have suffered
brain injuries, officials said at a news conference yesterday (July 8).

The Restoring Active Memory (RAM) program is a project of the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the branch of the U.S.
Department of Defense charged with developing next-generation technologies for the military.
The initiative aims to develop wireless, fully implantable
"neuroprosthetics" for service members suffering from traumatic brain
injury or illness, DARPA Program Manager Justin Sanchez said at the news
conference.

DARPA has selected two teams of researchers to develop the implants:
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of
Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.